-/* create a file descriptor - like pipe() but use socketpair if
- possible (because of blocking issues on pipes */
+
+/****************************************************************************
+Set a fd into nonblocking mode. Uses POSIX O_NONBLOCK if available,
+else
+if SYSV use O_NDELAY
+if BSD use FNDELAY
+****************************************************************************/
+void set_nonblocking(int fd)
+{
+ int val;
+
+ if((val = fcntl(fd, F_GETFL, 0)) == -1)
+ return;
+ if (!(val & NONBLOCK_FLAG)) {
+ val |= NONBLOCK_FLAG;
+ fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, val);
+ }
+}
+
+
+/* create a file descriptor pair - like pipe() but use socketpair if
+ possible (because of blocking issues on pipes)
+
+ always set non-blocking
+ */